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1Reporting companies will not use the FinCEN 

identifier application to request a FinCEN identifier 

but instead will request a FinCEN identifier when 

they submit a BOI report. 2 31 U.S.C. 5337(c)(2). 

rule. 5 U.S.C. 705. Accordingly, the 

Board has decided to change the 

effective date of the rule from December 

26, 2023 to February 26, 2024. 

Dated: November 17, 2023. 

Roxanne L. Rothschild, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7545–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Secretary 

31 CFR Part 1 

RIN 1506–AB63 

Privacy Act of 1974; Exemptions 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (FinCEN), Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, Treasury is issuing a final 

rule, exempting a new system of 

records, entitled ‘‘FinCEN .004— 

Beneficial Ownership Information 

System,’’ from certain provisions of the 

Privacy Act. The Beneficial Ownership 

Information (BOI) System is being 

established to implement the beneficial 

ownership information reporting and 

access requirements set out in the 

Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), 

which was enacted on January 1, 2021, 

as part of the Anti-Money Laundering 

Act of 2020. The exemptions are 

intended to increase the value of the 

system for law enforcement purposes 

and to comply with the CTA’s 

prohibitions against unauthorized 

disclosure of certain information. 

DATES: This rule is effective January 1, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this document and 

privacy issues, contact: Ryan Law, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, 

Transparency, and Records at U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20220; telephone: (202) 622–5710. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 14, 2023, Treasury 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (the ‘‘NPRM’’) in the 

Federal Register, 88 FR 63039, 

proposing to exempt a system of 

records, FinCEN .004—Beneficial 

Ownership Information System (the 

‘‘BOI System’’), from provisions of the 

Privacy Act. Pursuant to the CTA, 

starting on January 1, 2024, FinCEN will 

use the BOI System to maintain BOI 

submitted to FinCEN by certain 

corporations, limited liability 

companies, and other entities created in 

or registered to do business in the 

United States (‘‘reporting companies’’). 

BOI includes identifying information 

associated with the reporting companies 

themselves, their beneficial owners, and 

their company applicants. The BOI 

System will also maintain information 

about individuals who apply to FinCEN 

for FinCEN identifiers, which beneficial 

owners and company applicants will be 

able to use in lieu of the information 

required to be reported about them by 

reporting companies.1 Information 

provided to FinCEN to obtain a FinCEN 

identifier will be disclosed to 

authorized recipients for authorized 

purposes in the same way and to the 

same extent as BOI. The CTA authorizes 

FinCEN to disclose BOI to five 

categories of authorized recipients that 

include foreign and domestic law 

enforcement agencies, but do not 

include beneficial owners, company 

applicants, or individuals who have 

obtained FinCEN identifiers. 

The Privacy Act contains certain 

requirements regarding the maintenance 

and disclosure of a system of records. 

Those requirements may differ from, or 

conflict with, the comprehensive 

requirements for maintaining and 

disclosing BOI specified in the CTA. In 

any case where the CTA conflicts with 

the Privacy Act, FinCEN believes that 

the more detailed, specific provisions of 

the CTA supersede any contrary 

provisions in the Privacy Act. 

Nevertheless, to the extent certain 

provisions of the Privacy Act were to 

apply, and without conceding that they 

do, Treasury is publishing this final rule 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k), to 

exempt the BOI System from those 

provisions. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), the head of 

a Federal agency may promulgate rules 

to exempt a system of records from 

certain provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a if the 

system of records is maintained by an 

agency or component thereof that 

performs as its principal function any 

activity pertaining to the enforcement of 

criminal laws, including police efforts 

to prevent, control, or reduce crime or 

to apprehend criminals, and the 

activities of prosecutors, courts, 

correctional, probation, pardon, or 

parole authorities and which consists of 

(a) information compiled for the 

purpose of identifying individual 

criminal offenders and alleged offenders 

and consisting only of identifying data 

and notations of arrests, the nature and 

disposition of criminal charges, 

sentencing, confinement, release, and 

parole and probation status; (b) 

information compiled for the purpose of 

a criminal investigation, including 

reports of informants and investigators, 

and associated with an identifiable 

individual; or (c) reports identifiable to 

an individual compiled at any stage of 

the process of enforcement of the 

criminal laws from arrest or indictment 

through release from supervision. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the head of 

a Federal agency may promulgate rules 

to exempt a system of records from 

certain provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a if the 

system of records is ‘‘investigatory 

material compiled for law enforcement 

purposes, other than material within the 

scope of subsection (j)(2) of this 

section.’’ 

The reasons for exempting the BOI 

System from sections (c)(3), (c)(4), 

(d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), (e)(1), (e)(2), 

(e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(5), (e)(8), (f), and 

(g) of the Privacy Act are as follows: 

(1) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1), (e)(4)(H) and 

(f)(2), (f)(3), and (f)(5) grant individuals 

access to records containing information 

about them. An exemption from these 

provisions is appropriate because the 

CTA prohibits FinCEN from disclosing 

BOI except to five categories of 

authorized recipients; 2 these categories 

do not include beneficial owners, 

company applicants, or individuals who 

have obtained FinCEN identifiers. 

Because individuals who are the subject 

of the records in the BOI System are not 

included in any of those categories, the 

application of 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1), 

(e)(4)(H) and (f)(2), (f)(3), and (f)(5) to 

the BOI System would contravene the 

CTA’s disclosure restrictions. 

(2) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (f)(1) 

enable individuals to inquire whether a 

system of records contains records about 

them. An exemption from these 

provisions is appropriate because 

allowing individuals involved in illegal 

activity to learn that FinCEN has 

information concerning those 

individuals that could lead to them 

being identified for investigation could 

undercut the CTA mandate that the BOI 

System be ‘‘highly useful’’ to law 

enforcement agencies. For instance, 

such notice could prompt individuals 

engaged in illegal activity to: (a) take 

steps to avoid detection; (b) begin, 

continue, or resume illegal conduct 

upon learning that they are not 

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violation. 

(3) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(2), (d)(3) and 

(d)(4), (e)(4)(H), and (f)(4) permit 

individuals to request amendment of a 

record pertaining to them and require 

the agency either to amend the record or 

note the disputed portion of the record 

and, if the agency refuses to amend the 

record, to provide a copy of the 

individual’s statement of disagreement 

with the agency’s refusal, to persons or 

other agencies to whom the record is 

thereafter disclosed. Because these 

provisions depend on individuals 

having access to their records, and since 

this rule exempts the BOI System from 

the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a relating 

to access to records for the reasons set 

forth above, these provisions do not 

apply to the BOI System. Furthermore, 

an exemption from this requirement is 

appropriate because allowing 

individuals to amend certain records 

that pertain to them would conflict with 

the mechanism for reporting beneficial 

ownership information provided for in 

the CTA. 

(4) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(4) requires an 

agency to inform any person or other 

agency about any correction or notation 

of dispute that the agency made in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(d) to any 

record that the agency disclosed to the 

person or agency, if an accounting of the 

disclosure was made. Because this 

provision depends on individuals 

having access to and an opportunity to 

request amendment of records 

pertaining to them, and because this 

rule exempts the BOI System from the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a relating to 

access to and amendment of records for 

the reasons set forth above, this 

provision does not apply to the BOI 

System. 

(5) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) requires an 

agency to make the accounting of any 

disclosures of records required by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c)(1) available to the 

individual named in the record upon 

his or her request. The accounting must 

state the date, nature, and purpose of 

each disclosure of the record and the 

name and address of the recipient. 

Applying this provision would impair 

the effective use of information 

collected in the BOI System. Making an 

accounting of disclosures available to 

the subject of an investigation would 

alert them that another agency is 

investigating their criminal activities 

and could reveal the geographic location 

of the other agency’s investigation, the 

nature and purpose of that investigation, 

and the dates on which that 

investigation was active. Violators 

possessing such knowledge would be 

able to take measures to avoid detection 

or apprehension by: (a) altering their 

operations; (b) transferring their 

criminal activities to other geographical 

areas, legal entities, or ostensible 

beneficial owners; or (c) destroying or 

concealing evidence that would form 

the basis for arrest. Moreover, providing 

an accounting to the subjects of 

investigations would alert them to the 

fact that FinCEN has information 

relevant to their criminal activities. 

Access to such information, together 

with other available information, could 

reveal the operation of the informationgathering and analysis systems of 

FinCEN and other BOI System users, 

and permit violators to take steps to 

avoid detection or apprehension. 

(6) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) requires an 

agency to maintain in its records only 

such information about an individual as 

is relevant and necessary to accomplish 

a purpose of the agency required to be 

accomplished by statute or Executive 

order. Maintenance of information, as 

defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(3), includes 

the collection and dissemination of 

information. An exemption from this 

provision is therefore appropriate 

because its application would require 

FinCEN to make determinations at the 

time of collection about the relevance 

and necessity of collected information. 

Speculative determinations about the 

relevance and necessity of collected 

information could negatively impact the 

quality of information available to law 

enforcement in future investigations, 

which would undermine the mandate in 

the CTA that the BOI System be ‘‘highly 

useful’’ to law enforcement. 

(7) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(2) requires an 

agency to collect information to the 

greatest extent practicable directly from 

the subject individual when the 

information may result in adverse 

determinations about an individual’s 

rights, benefits, and privileges under 

Federal programs. If such a program 

exists, an exemption to this provision is 

appropriate because applying it to the 

BOI System would contravene the 

requirement in the CTA that FinCEN 

collect BOI from reporting companies. 

(8) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(5) requires an 

agency to maintain all records it uses in 

making any determination about any 

individual with such accuracy, 

relevance, timeliness, and completeness 

as is reasonably necessary to assure 

fairness to the individual in the 

determination. Because 5 U.S.C. 

552a(a)(3) defines ‘‘maintain’’ as 

including ‘‘collect’’ and ‘‘disseminate,’’ 

applying this provision to the BOI 

System would hinder timely 

dissemination of BOI, and by extension 

hinder law enforcement efforts 

dependent upon such information. 

Information in the BOI System is filed 

by reporting companies and individual 

FinCEN identifier applicants, and it is 

not possible at the time of collection to 

determine whether the information in 

such records is accurate, relevant, 

timely, and complete. 

(9) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(8) requires an 

agency to make reasonable efforts to 

serve notice on an individual when the 

agency makes any record on the 

individual available to any person 

under compulsory legal process when 

such process becomes a matter of public 

record. Exemption from this 

requirement is appropriate because 

applying the requirement to the BOI 

System could reveal to the subject of a 

law enforcement investigation or action 

that a law enforcement agency used BOI 

in the investigation or action, thereby 

revealing the agency’s investigative 

techniques and procedures. 

(10) 5 U.S.C. 552a(g) provides an 

individual with civil remedies when: (a) 

an agency wrongfully refuses to amend 

a record or to review a request for 

amendment; (b) an agency wrongfully 

refuses to grant access to a record; (c) 

any determination relating to an 

individual is based on records that are 

not accurate, relevant, timely and 

complete; and (d) an agency fails to 

comply with any other provision of 5 

U.S.C. 552a so as to adversely affect the 

individual. The BOI System is exempt 

from this provision to the extent that the 

civil remedies relate to the provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552a from which the prior 

paragraphs of this section exempt the 

BOI System. Exemption from this 

provision is appropriate because there 

should be no civil remedies for failure 

to comply with provisions from which 

the BOI System is exempt. Exemption 

from this provision will also protect 

FinCEN from baseless civil court actions 

that might hamper its ability to collate, 

analyze, and disseminate data. 

Any information from a system of 

records for which an exemption is 

claimed under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) or 

(k)(2) which is also included in another 

system of records retains the same 

exempt status such information has in 

the system of records for which such 

exemption is claimed. 

Public Comments 

Treasury received two comments on 

the NPRM. The first expressed support 

for the proposed rule, noting its 

‘‘import[ance] for protecting an 

individual’s privacy, while also 

increasing the value of the [BOI System] 

for law enforcement purposes.’’ 

The second addresses the proposal to 

exempt the BOI System from the 

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3CTA, section 6402(7)(B). 

suggests a potential alternative 

approach. As explained above, that 

provision of the Privacy Act requires an 

agency to make the accounting of any 

disclosures of records required by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c)(1) available to the 

individual named in the record upon 

his or her request. The comment’s 

author argues that fully exempting the 

BOI System from these requirements 

‘‘would make the [] audit trail required 

by the CTA meaningless’’ and that 

‘‘[a]llowing for an accounting of 

disclosures to be made to the public 

would help ensure that the right to 

privacy would not be violated through 

unauthorized disclosures.’’ The 

commenter suggests that the BOI System 

should be only partially exempt from 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and that FinCEN 

should establish procedures under 5 

U.S.C. 552a(f)(2) that would make 

accountings of disclosures available to 

requesters after some specified amount 

of time has passed (the commenter 

proposes one year). 

FinCEN carefully considered this 

comment, particularly the commenter’s 

claim that exempting the BOI System 

from the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 

552a(c)(3) would make the system’s 

audit trails meaningless. FinCEN 

interpreted this comment as asserting 

that BOI System audit trails would 

constitute ‘‘accountings of disclosures’’ 

that would only be meaningful if 

individuals about whom the system 

contains records have access to them. 

However, FinCEN disagrees with this 

view. 

In its ‘‘Sense of Congress,’’ the CTA 

directs the Secretary of the Treasury to 

‘‘take all steps, including regular 

auditing, to ensure that government 

authorities accessing beneficial 

ownership information do so only for 

authorized purposes consistent with 

[the CTA] . . . .’’ 3 Accordingly, 

FinCEN will use the BOI System’s audit 

trails to identify potential instances of 

improper access to BOI by authorized 

system users. The audit trails will also 

support other aspects of the CTA 

compliance and enforcement regime, 

including the imposition of penalties, 

which will further help to ensure that 

BOI is accessed and used appropriately. 

Separately, for the reasons set out in 

the NPRM and reiterated above 

regarding the potential adverse impact 

on law enforcement investigations, 

Treasury declines to adopt the 

suggestion to make accountings of 

disclosures available to requesters after 

a specified period of time. Law 

enforcement investigations may span 

years and share common individuals of 

interest with concurrent investigations 

of equally varying durations. Revealing 

information about BOI disclosures to the 

subjects of those disclosures—even after 

a seemingly lengthy delay—could put 

those activities at risk of disruption and 

jeopardize the effective use of the BOI 

System for law enforcement purposes. 

Furthermore, a delay in making an 

accounting of disclosures available 

would not address the concern that such 

access could reveal information about 

the operation of the informationgathering and analysis systems utilized 

by FinCEN and other BOI System users. 

The resulting effect would be to 

postpone, rather than prevent, 

foreseeable harms to the law 

enforcement activities that Congress 

intended the BOI System to support. 

Such a result would contradict the 

purpose of the CTA and, therefore, 

Treasury will adopt the rule as 

proposed. 

Regulatory Analysis 

This rule is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under Executive 

Order 12866, as amended. 

Pursuant to the requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., it is hereby certified 

that this rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The rule, 

issued under sections (j)(2) and (k)(2) of 

the Privacy Act, exempts certain 

information maintained by Treasury in 

the above-referenced systems of records 

from certain provisions of the Privacy 

Act. Small entities, as defined in the 

RFA, are not provided rights under the 

Privacy Act and are outside the scope of 

this regulation. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., FinCEN has 

determined that this rule will not 

impose new recordkeeping, reporting, or 

other types of information collection 

requirements. 

Lists of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 1 

Privacy. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, part 1 of title 31 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 1—DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a, 553; 31 

U.S.C. 301, 321; 31 U.S.C. 3717. 

■ 2. Amend § 1.36 by adding, in 

alphanumeric order, an entry for 

‘‘FinCEN .004’’ in table 7 to paragraph 

(c)(1)(vii) and table 17 to paragraph 

(g)(1)(ix) to read as follows: 

§ 1.36 Systems exempt in whole or in part 

from provisions of the Privacy Act and this 

part. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(vii) * * * 

TABLE 7 TO PARAGRAPH (c)(1)(vii) 

No. Name of system 

* * * * * * * 

FinCEN .004 .......... Beneficial Ownership Information System (not exempt from 5 U.S.C. 552 a(e)(3) and 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I)).

* * * * * 

(g) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ix) * * * 


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TABLE 17 TO PARAGRAPH (g)(1)(ix) 

No. Name of system 

* * * * * * * 

FinCEN .004 .......... Beneficial Ownership Information System (not exempt from 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(3) and 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I)). 

* * * * * 

Ryan Law, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary Privacy, 

Transparency, and Records, U.S. Department 

of the Treasury. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2023–0848] 

RIN 1625–AA87 

Security Zone; Nantucket Memorial 

Airport and Abrams Point, Nantucket, 

MA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing two 500-yard temporary 

security zones for all navigable waters 

adjacent to the Nantucket Memorial 

Airport and Straight Wharf as well as a 

1,000-yard temporary security zone for 

all navigable waters adjacent to Abrams 

Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts. These 

security zones are needed to protect the 

persons under the protection of the 

United States Secret Service (USSS). 

Entry of vessels or persons into these 

zones is prohibited unless specifically 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

Sector Southeastern New England or a 

designated representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 

November 21, 2023, through 11:59 p.m. 

on November 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https:// 

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2023– 

0848 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 

column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this rule, call 

or email MST2 Christopher Matthews, 

Sector Southeastern New England, U.S. 

Coast Guard; telephone 401–435–2348, 

email 

Christopher.S.Matthews@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

COTP Captain of the Port Sector 

Southeastern New England 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

The United States Secret Service 

(USSS) requested that the Coast Guard 

establish two 500-yard temporary 

security zones for all navigable waters 

adjacent to the Nantucket Memorial 

Airport and Straight Wharf as well as a 

1,000-yard temporary security zone for 

all navigable waters adjacent to Abrams 

Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts. The 

purpose of the temporary security zone 

is to facilitate the security and safety of 

the persons under USSS protection. 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

temporary rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment pursuant to 

authority under section 4(a) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision 

authorizes an agency to issue a rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment when the agency for good 

cause finds that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for not publishing a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

with respect to this rule because the 

Coast Guard did not receive information 

regarding this event in time to publish 

NPRM and seek comments before the 

subject visit. Publishing an NPRM and 

delaying the effective date would be 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would inhibit the Coast 

Guard’s ability to fulfill its statutory 

missions and jeopardize the safety of the 

persons under USSS protection during 

the visit. 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast 

Guard finds that good cause exists for 

making this rule effective less than 30 

days after publication in the Federal 

Register. Delaying the effective date of 

this rule would be impracticable and 

contrary to the public interest because 

immediate action is needed to ensure 

the safety of the person under USSS 

protection during the visit. 

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule 

The Coast Guard is issuing this rule 

under authority in 46 U.S.C. 70051 and 

70124. The USSS requested that the 

Coast Guard establish two 500-yard 

temporary security zones for all 

navigable waters adjacent to the 

Nantucket Memorial Airport and 

Straight Wharf as well as a 1,000-yard 

temporary security zone for all 

navigable waters adjacent to Abrams 

Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts. The 

purpose of the temporary security zone 

is to facilitate the security and safety of 

the persons under USSS protection 

during their visit to the area. As a result, 

in consultation with the USSS, the 

Captain of the Port Sector Southeastern 

New England (COTP) has determined 

that the security zones are necessary to 

provide security for the persons under 

USSS protection. 

IV. Discussion of the Rule 

This rule establishes two 500-yard 

security zones for all navigable waters 

adjacent to the Nantucket Memorial 

Airport and Straight Wharf as well as a 

1,000-yard temporary security zone for 

all navigable waters adjacent to Abrams 

Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts. No 

vessel or person will be permitted to 

enter the security zones from 12:01 a.m. 

on November 21, 2023, through 11:59 

p.m. on November 26, 2023. Entry into 

these security zones is prohibited unless 

specifically authorized by the COTP or 

their designated representative. A 

designated representative is a 

commissioned, warrant, or petty officer 

of the U.S. Coast Guard assigned to 

units under the operational control of 

the U.S. Coast Guard Sector 

Southeastern New England. 

Requests for entry will be considered 

and reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 

The COTP may be contacted by 

telephone at 508–457–3211 or can be 

reached by VHF–FM channel 16. 

Persons and vessels permitted to enter 

these security zones must transit at their 

slowest safe speed and comply with all 

lawful directions issued by the COTP or 

their designated representative. 


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